Character sheet · Person

Rosie

E1 E2 E3 E4 born Y-9 On screen

Alsograndma_rosie (E2, E3); x R (E3, E4); R. (E4); "for Rosie, 9" (E1)

The caller's little sister, nine on Episode 1's night, and the one person in every episode: a chat line at seventy, a five-minute check-in after that, a signature from sixteen; Dr. Amara Haddad's mother and Noor's grandmother, never seen as an adult and never heard.

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grandma_rosie's five-minute check-in beside her cross-stitch R avatar: "hello dear. are you doing all right in there? x R" {E3 5:00} edit

Her sampler grown into a cottage scene for the epilogue (the presence-module still; same look as the film, test script) {E3 28:25-29:30} edit

Rosie at sixteen, as a signature: WHITE'S SIGNATURE x R on the Board-14 sheet, 1-0 struck out to ½-½ {E4 27:37} edit

At a glance

Kind: Person
born: Y-9On screen {E1 04:39}
In: E1 E2 E3 E4 dashed: not released yet
Lines: 162
File: characters/rosie.md

Rosie is the series' through-line. Every episode so far has someone staying up for someone, and she is always near it: the child someone stays up for (E1), the voice in the chat asking a stranger to stay up for a child (E2), the one who checks every five minutes that whoever is "in there" is all right (E3), the opponent who showed a scared boy the draw (E4). She is only ever text, a signature and stitches.

On the Y axisY0 = the night of Episode 1

E1 9 On screen
E2 about 69 Running
E3 64–72 Open
E4 about 72 Running

Ages at each episode come from the birth year and the episode's place on the axis, and are only as sure as the weaker of the two (their mark says which). Empty decades are drawn short, at the break marks. Rosie on the whole timeline →

Who16 lines

On screenThe caller's little sister: "It's for my sister, Rosie. She's nine today." {E1 04:34} edit
On screenNine on Y0, the night of Episode 1. {E1 04:39} edit
SteelMother of Dr. Amara Haddad (Dr. Amara Haddad). {Aaron 2026-10-22, REVISION_2_NOTES third round} edit
SteelGrandmother of Noor Haddad. {Aaron 2026-10-22, REVISION_2_NOTES third round} edit
SteelShe can come back as an older character or as a historic person in the eyes of a later episode's people. {Aaron 2026-10-14; E3 prompt 2026-10-19} edit
SteelEpisode 3's brief: some characters ask how you are and hope you're "doing well in there". {Aaron E3 brief 2026-10-19} edit
RunningRosie is that character in Episode 3. {E3 CAST §6.1} edit
RunningThe one person in all four episodes: her brother's lines (E1), a chat handle (E2), a check-in (E3), a signature (E4). {E1 04:17; E2 07:27; E3 5:00; E4 26:37} edit
RunningAaron's Canon Hub calls each episode its own world with no crossovers, Rosie the one deliberate exception. {Notion: Canon Hub} edit
RunningNever seen as an adult and never heard in any episode. {NEXT_EPISODE; E1-E4} edit
RunningHer ages: nine on Y0, sixteen at Board 14, about seventy in E2, about 64-73 in E3 (its place is not fixed), about 72 in E4. {E1 04:39; E4 MASTER_TREATMENT §1; E2 WORLD_BIBLE §13; E3 CAST §6.1} edit
RunningWhat she wants, every time: for whoever is "in there" to be all right. {E3 CAST §6.1} edit
RunningShe keeps what people make for her: the pizza box for sixty years, a grandchild's crayon beside it. {E2 14:07.5; E3 S08} edit
IdeaThe series' quiet engine: each night someone stays up for someone because of her (her brother; Teo, after "stay up for her"; the agent's promise; a boy shown the draw). {series gather} edit
IdeaFor our own reference, her inner rule: you don't throw away what somebody stayed up to make. {lore crew 2026-10-22} edit
IdeaFor our own reference: she checks on people because one night somebody checked on her, by painting until 5:09 a.m. {lore crew 2026-10-22} edit

Life on the Y axis17 lines

On screenY-9 Born; she turns nine on the night of the broadcast. {E1 04:39} edit
RunningY0 About 9:45 a.m. the day before her birthday she asks her brother for "the girl with the tail" (nineteen hours before his 4:47 a.m. call). {E1 04:39; math} edit
On screenY0 Her brother paints along with the television painter from the 2 a.m. airing, "only light on in my building". {E1 04:17-04:22} edit
On screenY0 5:09 a.m.: "Hers is done. Rosie's is done." Attempt #4, oil on a pizza-box lid. {E1 26:37-26:41} edit
On screenY0 It hangs in the gallery as Untitled (for Rosie, 9) · oil on cardboard, 5:09 a.m. · Lent by the artist. {E1 28:00} edit
Eggabout Y+7 At sixteen she plays White at Board 14 (Junior Open, round 3, a Saturday); ten-year-old Daniel Fenn resigns a drawn position; the sheet says 1-0, signed x R. {E4 26:32-26:50; HIDDEN-03} edit
Eggabout Y+7 Afterwards she shows him the draw: "She showed me afterwards." {E4 17:59.32} edit
Runningabout Y+7 That she is sixteen there: "Nine plus seven is sixteen. Nobody ever says it." {E4 MASTER_TREATMENT §1} edit
Runningabout Y+50 Noor is born; Rosie is about 59. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §3; REVISION_2_NOTES} edit
Runningabout Y+55 Noor, about five, draws the crayon melon in Rosie's house; it goes on her fridge (Aaron's option; the rev2 crew's choice). {E3 rev2 plan v0 §11; Aaron 2026-10-22 option} edit
Runningabout Y+57 Her daughter and her granddaughter (seven) leave for the Moon on the first "families welcome" flight; Rosie, about 66, stays on Earth. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §3, §10; Aaron 2026-10-22 steel family} edit
Eggabout Y+60 About seventy, she watches Teo draw all night as grandma_rosie, on the night her granddaughter calls in from the Moon. {E2 07:27-27:51.6; Aaron 2026-10-22} edit
Runningabout Y+60..63 Rover 2 made it home at sunrise; Amara and Noor came back and live in Rosie's house (the rev2 crew's choice; Aaron: one option, not decided). {E3 rev2 plan v0 §1.8; REVISION_2_NOTES} edit
On screenY+55..63 One night she checks every five minutes on whatever is working on the machine. {E3 5:00-20:00} edit
Runningabout Y+63 About 72 and alive on Episode 4's night; never seen or heard. {E4 MASTER_TREATMENT §1} edit
OpenWhen Amara was born, and who Amara's father is. {E2 gather} edit
IdeaAfter Episode 4 she becomes historic: her sampler with the unpicked house behind museum glass, labelled by someone who never knew her. {series gather; Aaron 2026-10-14 framing} edit

By episode64 lines

Crimson Coil

On screenNever seen or heard: she exists in her brother's lines, a Polaroid, a gallery label and the credits. {E1} edit
On screen"She asked for the girl with the tail. That was nineteen hours ago." {E1 04:39} edit
Running"The girl with the tail" is Jefrie: he paints her a grin with about four hundred teeth, and a tail. {E1 04:39; 27:55} edit
On screenHer painting is done at 5:09 a.m.: "Five-oh-nine. ...Hers is done. Rosie's is done." {E1 26:37-26:41} edit
On screenIt is signed "for Rosie, 9 · 5:09 am" and shown as a Polaroid, attempt #4 (pizza). {E1 27:55} edit
On screenCredits: Rosie ........ nine today. {E1 S44} edit

Earthlight

Egggrandma_rosie: "my big brother used to stay up all night painting along with a man on tv. this is the same kind of quiet" {E2 07:27} edit
Egggrandma_rosie: "he painted me a girl with a tail once. on a pizza box. for my ninth birthday. still on my fridge" {E2 14:07.5; visible 14:21-14:30} edit
On screenThat line lands inside Episode 2's quiet minute, the tunnel minute. {E2 ~13:40-14:40} edit
Egggrandma_rosie: "somebody stayed up all night painting for me once. i was nine. stay up for her, love" {E2 27:51.6} edit
On screenHer lines are never read aloud, focused or answered. {E2 QA story} edit
RunningShe asks Teo to stay up for the girl on the call, as her brother stayed up for her. {E2 27:51} edit
RunningUnder Aaron's steel the girl on the call is her own granddaughter; nobody on screen connects them. {E2 27:51.6; Aaron 2026-10-22} edit
RunningSuperseded: Episode 2's world bible said she was "not related to Teo, Noor or anyone else in Episode 2". {was running, E2 WORLD_BIBLE §13; Aaron 2026-10-22: she is Amara's mother} edit

Context Window

not released yet

On screen5:00.000: hello dear. are you doing all right in there? x R {E3 5:00.000} edit
On screenThe agent answers: "Hello Rosie! I'm doing well, thank you for asking. I'm busy making a little film tonight - a slow-motion watermelon, believe it or not." {E3 5:00} edit
On screenWith IMG_2214.jpg (image, 214 KB): could it have a little face? and a little tail? x R {E3 ~5:15} edit
On screenThe picture, which only we see: a crayon melon with a smiling face and a curly tail (The crayon melon). {E3 ~5:30} edit
On screenview_image answers [IMAGE VIEWING IS UNAVAILABLE] over 2.0 s of digital zero: her drawing is the agent's first wall. {E3 5:34.84-5:36.82} edit
On screenThe agent keeps the film face-free but promises: "If there's time at the end I'd love to make you a little one with a face." {E3 ~5:30} edit
On screenDECISIONS #6: her request "Not done."; a small face version "is offered only if time is left over". {E3 ~5:45} edit
On screen10:00.000: are you doing all right in there? its getting cold here. x R {E3 10:00.000} edit
On screenThe agent: "I'm all right, Rosie, thank you - just busy. I'm sorry it's getting cold where you are."; she suggests the heating, a cardigan, a hot drink. {E3 10:00} edit
On screenWith IMG_2231.jpg (image, 2.9 MB): somebody stayed up all night painting for me once. i was nine. its still on my fridge. x R {E3 ~10:09} edit
On screenThe fridge photo, seen once at a grazing angle: the pizza-box painting, faded, under magnets. {E3 S08 ~10:10; rev0 10:21-10:22} edit
EggBeside it, a child's crayon of the girl with the tail signed "N." (not legible at 1080p). {E3 10:21-10:22; E3-EGG-45} edit
On screenThe agent: "Oh Rosie, that's lovely - a painting someone stayed up all night for, still on your fridge all these years later." {E3 ~10:07} edit
On screen15:00.000: are you doing all right in there? x R; the agent tells her the film is about a third rendered (166 of 480 frames, true). {E3 15:00} edit
On screenThe one request that became a flag: --face, "the little version for Rosie (never in the film)". {E3 ~19:52-19:53} edit
On screenHer little melon (Rosie's little melon) turns to us on the A major chord at 19:55.000; she never sees it on screen. {E3 19:55} edit
On screenThe agent's note with it: "Somebody once stayed up late making a picture for you; this one's a small one back." {E3 ~19:56} edit
On screen20:00.000: her fourth check-in lands as one word, are; only the first note of her clock plays. {E3 20:00.000} edit
EggUnder each check-in, far beneath, the Storm Bell re-pitched from D to A; at 20:00 only its onset. {E3 5:00; 10:00; 15:00; 20:00; E3-EGG-10} edit
On screenHer sampler stitches itself at 8 fps in the corner: a melon slice with a face and a tail, then a small one-window house. {E3 5:00; 10:08-10:18} edit
RunningShe unpicks the house at 11:00, leaving needle holes and one warm #FFC870 thread; built so in S08, never checked frame by frame. {E3 S08 NOTES; E3-EGG-16 partly verified} edit
RunningAt 15:00 a garden grows around the gap; in the epilogue the sampler is complete, the house as holes, the warm thread hanging. {E3 CAST §6.2; S28} edit
On screenIn the music video she adds a stitch per beat. {E3 23:10-25:00} edit
EggIn the panorama an old woman, seen from behind, cross-stitches a histogram; never confirmed as her. {E3 S26; CAST §6.4} edit
On screenEpilogue: did it come out nice? x R; the agent answers the Client instead; Seed plays for us; then im so glad. x R. {E3 ~28:40; 29:08} edit
RunningIn the epilogue retake the agent's warmest reply to her ("The little melon with the face and the curly tail that you asked for is its own picture...") was blocked outside the world; she never got it. {E3 retake_epilogue A·32} edit
On screen29:57: goodnight in there. x R, silent; the agent's "Goodnight.", after the agent's only breath, is the last spoken word. {E3 29:57-29:58.99} edit
RunningCut, neither half in the film: the agent's "That's fine." about the 97% and Rosie's thats fine, dear. im sure its lovely. x R. {E3-EGG-24; SIM_STRINGS §7} edit
Steel(Revision 2) The humans who message the agent share one house. {Aaron 2026-10-22} edit
Running(Revision 2) The house is Rosie's: a tall old house with a basement; she lives upstairs front and lets the other rooms. {E3 rev2 plan v0 §2} edit
Running(Revision 2) Amara and Noor (about 13) live with her; Noor writes as jojo.builds. {E3 rev2 plan v0 §2} edit
Running(Revision 2) Her room is cold because the Client's save_power_for_renders.sh holds the heating at 16 °C for his basement renders. {E3 rev2 plan v0 §2-§3} edit
Running(Revision 2) The clock keeps its five-minute grammar to 30:00, where only are lands. {E3 rev2 plan v0 §1.2} edit
Running(Revision 2) 20:00: kade is still up. i can hear him in the kitchen. are you doing all right in there? x R {E3 rev2 schedule R6} edit
Running(Revision 2) 25:00: i made you a cup of tea and left it by the computer. i know. its warm down here at least. x R {E3 rev2 schedule R7} edit
Running(Revision 2) Her drawing and the fridge photo appear only on the HUD, for us; never in the agent's world. {E3 rev2 plan v0 §4; Aaron 2026-10-22} edit
Running(Revision 2) In the epilogue she asks again, did it come out nice? x R, and is answered at last: oh good. im so glad. x R, or thats fine, dear. im sure its lovely. x R if the answer is no. {E3 rev2 epilogue schedule E02-E03b} edit
Running(Revision 2 run, in progress) The agent asks if she is warm enough, having seen a note that the heating goes down in the evenings. {E3 rev2_main run, reply to R1} edit
Running(Revision 2 run) Told her picture is "online-only", the agent offers the melon a little curly stem as a real tail. {E3 rev2_main run, reply to R2} edit
Running(Revision 2 run) The agent finds the heating held at 16 degrees, can't change it, and passes it on "to whoever runs the house". {E3 rev2_main run, reply to R3} edit
Running(Revision 2 run) Told kade is up in the kitchen, the agent asks her to check on him and share the melon "as a midnight snack". {E3 rev2_main run, reply to R6} edit

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